The biologist earned a Nobel Prize in 2002 for his work on C. elegans.

M proteins from Streptococcus bacteria selectively kill mouse macrophages and human macrophage-like cells by prompting cell death.

The immune cells—known for clearing dead cells—also chew up live progenitors in neurogenic regions of mouse brains. 

A decade of research on intercellular mitochondrial transfer has answered some long-standing questions and raised new ones.

In estrogen receptor–positive breast cancer, the transcription factor IRF1 tips the balance between cellular suicide and survival through autophagy.

The tale of p53, a widely studied tumor suppressor gene, illustrates the inventiveness of researchers who turn mishaps into discoveries.

In Chapter 12, "Of Mice and Men," author Sue Armstrong recounts the point at which researchers moved from working with p53 in tissue culture to studying the gene in animal models.

Scientists show how cell stress both prevents and promotes cell suicide in a study that’s equally divisive.

Ancient apoptotic pathway connects humans to coral; lab-grown, light-sensing retinal tissue; tracking cancer with synthetic phospholipids; diving deep into the lung microbiome

Humans and coral share a cell-death pathway that has been conserved between them for more than half a billion years.